Hi Frank,
love this line ............ shall I etch in echoes
such colours and images swirling
thank you
I enjoyed this
davidc
Frank Faust wrote:
> shall I write for you
> dear reader
> the way a fish might do
> in swirls and circles
> through the water
> barely faint disturbance
> to the placid surface
> all energy
> under current
>
> perhaps the wagtail
> curlicues and exclamations
> spattered all across the page
> aura-format memoranda
> of excitement
> hard contained
>
> shall I pen
> my name in sparkler red
> and orange
> a continuous flow
> of letters
> until the glow fades
> and you cannot see me writ
> before you anymore
>
> shall I for you
> as the feather
> quilling in
> a free-float of words
> that gentle
> around suggested meanings
> and take their time
> to reach a point
> but pretty
> so very pretty
> on their wafted way
>
> perhaps you'd care
> to puff them back
> a never concluded
> sentence suspended
> a mystery in air
>
> or shall I etch in echoes
> of the words you say
> you say you say
> paraphrase
> to let you read on paper
> that I can hear you
> loud and clear
> and clear
> but ever
> more
> faintly
>
> perhaps I'll smelt the way
> the sun imprints
> through heat and sear
> burn like a rage
> at the height of noon
> but no
> the lunar sphere has words
> that seem to me more elegant
>
> silver
> was always more
> the colour
> I wrote best
>
> I will in silver
>
> the way the moon
>
> ~
>
> Frank
>
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